Hydrography of the Labrador Sea During Active Convection
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A hydrographic data set was collected in winter 1997 as part of the “Deep Convection” Accelerated Research Initiative (ARI). These data — together with atmospheric forcing fields (K. Moore, University of Toronto) and hydrography collected the previous fall and following spring (A. Clarke, Bedford Institute of Oceanography) — are being analyzed together to investigate overturning in the Labrador Sea. To elucidate various larger-scale aspects of convection in the subpolar North Atlantic, a hydrographic/direct-velocity data set from the Irminger and Labrador Seas during the time period 1990–97 was assembled.
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